We’ll be using Priceline and BiddingForTravel for most hotel stays during the trip. Bidding For Travel is a forum with tips for successfully bidding on Priceline, as well as postings of successful and unsuccessful bids.
For stops between destinations, we’ll likely just stop along the highway at the cheapest motel I can find, but for the destination cities like Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Seattle it’ll be Priceline using the Bidding For Travel strategies to get the best deal.
Obviously this means we’ll be unable to select a specific hotel when bidding through Priceline, but that’s mostly okay with me. The only place I’m concerned with more than the bottom-line price will be Vegas, where I want to stay somewhere really nice. Frankly, I’d like Bellagio, but any 5-star on the strip will do.
Speaking of Vegas, we’ll be noshing with the Buffet of Buffets. $44.99 for 24-hours of dining at the Paris, Rio, Harrah’s, Planet Hollywood, Flamingo, and Imperial Palace buffets.
